Sun and Moon, Ice and Snow in Into the Forest

Sep 12, 2010 Katy rated it really liked it · review of another edition

A beautiful retelling of the Norse tale, East of the Sun, West of the Moon.

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May 25, 2012 The Winter Rose rated it really liked it · review of another edition

Shelves: young-adult

It's no great secret that I adore Jessica Day-George's writing. I find her to be a wonderful craftsman of fairytale and folklore retellings - she does a great job at keeping the heart of the story while enriching it with in-depth characters and flavoring it with her own details. In other words, she helps readers fall in love with classic tales all over again, not by rehashing them, but by making them her own without relying on this modern fad for making something "edgy" - something I deeply appr ...more

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Feb 16, 2013 Rea rated it really liked it

Shelves: young-adult, fairy-tale-retellings

This is a retelling of the Norse fairy tale East o' the Sun, West o' the Moon. I haven't actually read the original or any other retellings of this particular fable so I don't have much to compare it against, which will be in this book's favour (otherwise I'd probably be fairly cynical - now I'll be comparing other reads with this one). I can already tell that it won't be the last retelling of this fable that I'll read.

I'm fond of all things Old Norse: they had such a rich and vibrant culture bu ...more

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Sep 27, 2014 Katharina Gerlach rated it it was amazing

Shelves: fairy-tales, young-adult, fantasy

I read this book quite a while back and just forgot to review it. How inconsiderate of me, since this was easily one of the best fairy tale retellings I've read in recent years.

The author manages to create a vivid picture of a world suspended in ice and snow with characters that felt so real to me, I couldn't forget about them when I finished reading. I talked to them in my mind for quite a while. It did help that the fairy tale this story is based on is among my favorite tales. ...more

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Aug 09, 2012 Melanti rated it liked it · review of another edition

Shelves: e-book, fairy-tales-folklore-and-mythology, 2012, kindle-lendable, young-adult

Not terrible, but rather childish. Closer to middle grade than young adult. I like fairy tale re-tellings, and as far as those go, this was decent but nothing special.

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